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Melvern, KS hail history

Every figure below is from the NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database — the official NWS record — counting events recorded within 10 miles of the Melvern city centroid, 1950 to present.

157hail events since 1950
109≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 1963-05-04
2024-06-28most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2023 0
2022 0
2021 3 2.00" (hen egg)
2020 8 4.00" (softball)
2019 2 0.88" (nickel)
2018 1 1.00" (quarter)
2017 6 2.50" (tennis ball)
2016 1 1.00" (quarter)
2015 3 1.00" (quarter)
2014 0
2013 1 1.00" (quarter)
2012 2 0.75" (penny)

Note: the current and prior year reflect the latest NCEI compile and grow as NWS finalizes reports; same-day activity appears on this site's storm-day pages before it reaches this table.

Wind and tornado record

Most recent recorded events

DateTypeMagnitudeDistance
2024-06-28 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 4.5 mi
2024-06-28 Hail 1.25" 9.2 mi
2024-06-28 Tornado EF0 4.4 mi
2024-06-26 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 4.5 mi
2024-06-26 Thunderstorm Wind 82 mph 7.2 mi
2024-06-26 Thunderstorm Wind 75 mph 9.9 mi
2023-07-30 Thunderstorm Wind 64 mph 4.5 mi
2023-07-30 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 7 mi
2021-12-15 Hail 2.00" 3.4 mi
2021-12-15 Hail 1.75" 7.7 mi

2024-06-28: “Estimated wind gust north of Waverly.”

2024-06-28: “An Mping report.”

2024-06-28: “Another brief tornado, likely embedded in an area of just as strong downdraft winds, affected the southern short of Melvern Lake. Multiple trees were blown down or damaged, one RV was rolled over, and damage occurred to the marina.”

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Address lookup by the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder. Records: NOAA NCEI Storm Events (final) plus SPC preliminary reports for storms newer than the latest compile — see methodology.

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NWS records are point and path observations. The absence of a nearby report does NOT prove that no hail fell at this address — it means no observation was logged nearby. A report of nearby hail documents the event; it does not by itself prove damage to a specific structure.

source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events computed 2026-07-25